Updated 9:47 PDT, August 15, 2024. JERUSALEM (AP) — death toll in Gaza surpassed 40,000, health officials the territory say, underscoring magnitude Israel's offensive the tiny coastal enclave. the Israel-Hamas war enters 11th month, is firmly entrenched one the destructive conflicts recent memory.
Israel-Gaza war maps charts: Live tracker. latest death toll stands 41,957 Palestinians 1,139 people killed Israel October 7.
The accumulative effects Israel's war Gaza mean true death toll reach than 186,000 people, to study published the journal Lancet.
By June 19, 2024, 37 396 people been killed the Gaza Strip the attack Hamas the Israeli invasion October, 2023, to Gaza Health Ministry, reported the Office the Coordination Humanitarian Affairs.1 Ministry's figures been contested the Israeli authorities, they been accepted accurate Israeli intelligence .
"The death toll 186,000 mentioned The Lancet consistent the health, military geopolitical situation due the sea, air land blockade imposed the Gaza Strip," Jean .
At 20,000 Palestinians Gaza been reported killed Israel began bombing territory the wake Hamas's 7 October attacks. BBC Verify examines Gaza's death toll reveals .
FILE - Destruction Israeli aerial bombardment seen Gaza City, Oct. 11, 2023. 11 weeks war Gaza, Israeli military campaign Hamas sits the deadliest most destructive history. Palestinian death toll approaching 20,000 satellite data shows one-third structures the tiny .
2 2 | . FILE - Palestinians pray bodies people killed the Israeli bombardment the Gaza Strip, Nov. 22, 2023. AP analysis Gaza Health Ministry data finds proportion Palestinian women children killed the Israel-Hamas war appears have declined sharply.
Palestinian health authorities Israel's ground air campaign Gaza killed than 38,000 people, civilians, driven of enclave's 2.3 million people their homes.
There questions casualty figures reported an Oct. 17 explosion al-Ahli al-Arabi Baptist hospital Gaza City. Gaza's health ministry 471 people killed the blast .
Israeli strikes hit Gaza City soldiers battled militants southern Gaza Monday the heads three major U.N. agencies the enclave desperately more aid ward famine disease outbreaks. than 100 days Israel's war Hamas, Palestinian authorities the death toll in enclave passed 24,000.
